The State government is understood to have taken a decision to appoint short story writer Vaisakhan as chairman of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
It has also been decided to appoint actor KPAC Lalitha as chairperson of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and film editor Bina Paul as vice chairperson of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/vaisakhan-to-head-sahitya-akademi/article8924002.ece